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Quantitative peritoneal lavage in order to assess the volume of the intraperitoneal fluid was performed in 34 female patients with acute abdominal pain and signs of peritoneal irritation. The peritoneal lavage was done using the dye-dilution technique with Evans-Blue Human Serum Albumin Complex (EBA) as a marker. In 22 patients with intraperitoneal inflammatory process the mean volume of exudate in the peritoneal cavity was 585.1 ml while in patients without any intraperitoneal inflammatory process the mean volume of the intraperitoneal fluid was 128.7 ml. This difference between the volumes was statistically significant (p less than 0.05). It is felt that an intraperitoneal fluid volume of above 250 ml is a highly suggestive indicator of an intraperitoneal inflammatory process. A quantitative peritoneal lavage with EBA as a marker can therefore be used as a diagnostic tool in the evaluation of patients with acute abdominal pain.
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PMID:Quantitative peritoneal lavage in the assessment of intraperitoneal inflammatory processes. 675 98

This study was performed in order to determine the value of assessing the volume of intraperitoneal fluid, the leucocyte count and the corrected leucocyte count in the peritoneal lavage in patients with acute abdominal pain of gynecological origin. Peritoneal lavage using the dye-dilution technique with Evans-Blue-Human Serum Albumin complex (EBA) as a marker was performed. It was found that an exudate volume of above 250 ml is highly suggestive of an intraperitoneal inflammatory process. The concentration of leucocytes and the corrected leucocyte count in the returned lavage fluid were found to be less reliable indicators of an inflammatory process in the peritoneal cavity than precise determination of the intraperitoneal exudate. It may be concluded that peritoneal lavage with EBA can be a useful adjunct in the evaluation of patients with acute abdominal pain of gynecological origin.
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PMID:Quantitative peritoneal lavage in evaluating acute abdominal pain of gynecological origin. 688